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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 8, 1995Johnston County, Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1995, 1:01 PM EST for Johnston County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 1995, 1:01 PM EST (18:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 1995, 1:45 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Johnston County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 235 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
235 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
492 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KRDU 081802 RRA
SVRRDU
NCC101-195-081845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
101 PM EST WED MAR 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...WESTERN WILSON COUNTY
 
AT 1 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED NEAR KENLY MOVING NORTH
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH TOWARD WILSON COUNTY. UNCONFIRMED REPORTS INDICATED
A POSSIBLE FUNNEL WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO
WESTERN WILSON COUNTY BY 130 PM EST.
 
ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM, A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP WITHOUT WARNING FROM
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  NOISE LIKE A ROARING TRAIN MAY BE YOUR ONLY
CLUE OF AN APPROACHING TORNADO. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 8, 12:37 PM EST, 24 minutes before
NCC101-163-191-195-081845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
1238 PM EST WED MAR 8 1995

AT 1235 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE SANDHILLS AND CENTRAL
COASTAL PLAIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN SAMPSON AND
SOUTH CENTRAL JOHNSTON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH
NORTHEAST 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AND SOME HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

RA/MF
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 12:38 PM EST, 23 minutes before
NCC101-163-191-195-081845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
1238 PM EST WED MAR 8 1995

AT 1235 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE SANDHILLS AND CENTRAL
COASTAL PLAIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN SAMPSON AND
SOUTH CENTRAL JOHNSTON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH
NORTHEAST 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AND SOME HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

RA/MF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 2:44 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHChatham, Durham31 min
Mar 8, 3:29 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHGranville31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.